The victim, a woman, was hospitalized with vomiting and a numb mouth after eating the green beans, which are imported from China by Nichirei Foods and sold in Ito-Yokado supermarkets, according to the report.

This latest food scare comes just a month after a major scandal involving tainted milk, which killed four babies in China and made thousands of others sick. During that investigation, officials found the milk contained melamine — an industrial chemical.